I was more angry when he rejected Treasury's advice to work-test DPB recipients, calling it a "punitive" measure, than over any of this stuff. He is supposed to be on the 'right' side of Labour but he's a feminist statist toadie. That's the point of attack.

Well he is a vile little prick in any case - he harangued and insulted me in front of select committee with such comments like "are you a party, why have you come here?", "if you are libertarians why do you have a party, don't you just do things on your own?".

His role as feminist statist toadie is no surprise, he is a hard worker, but given his past he has to curry favours with the feminocracy.

LM: "I was more angry when he rejected Treasury's advice to work-test DPB recipients, calling it a "punitive" measure, than over any of this stuff."

And sadly, attacking those pronouncements gets no headlines. But equally, those doing this latest kind of attacking don't get public support for it, (do they Rodney?)

While we're talking, Lindsay, can you tell me what exactly Rodney's point is with his publication on his site of the numbers of immigrants on welfare? Is it to show that a lesser proportion of immigrants is on welfare than are naturalised New Zealanders? And is he perhaps suggesting that naturalised NZers might then take a lesson in hard work from those who choose to come here and live?

RW:"It's a conspiracy Rick. PC wants to drive you insane. I told him you can't break something twice but he just won't listen."